An average of 137 women across the world are killed by a partner or family member every day, according to new data released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).They say it makes "the home the most likely place for a woman to be killed".
More than half of the 87,000 women killed in 2017 were reported as dying at the hands of those closest to them.
Of that figure, approximately 30,000 were killed by an intimate partner and another 20,000 by a relative.TheIndianSubcontinent 100 Women wanted to find out more about the women behind the numbers.
We spent October monitoring reports of gender-related killings of women on the first day of that month.
We will share some of their stories below and find out more about how these killings were reported.
Male homicide rates still higherThe data collected by UNODC highlights that "men are around four times more likely than women to lose their lives as a result of intentional homicide".The UN indicates that men accounted for eight out of 10 homicide victims worldwide.However, the same report suggests that more than eight out of 10 victims of homicides committed by intimate partners are female."Intimate partner violence continues to take a disproportionately heavy toll on women," the report states.Forty-seven women, 21 countries, one dayThe UN statistics summarise the findings for 2017 based on homicide statistics provided by government sources.
The figures for "gender-related killings of women and girls", or "femicide", are collated using the criteria of intimate partner/family-related homicide.
TheIndianSubcontinent 100 Women and TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring set out to find out more about the women behind the numbers.We monitored press coverage of women killed by another person on 1 October 2018 around the world.
Our regional specialists counted 47 women reported killed, apparently for gender-related reasons, in 21 different countries.
Most of these killings are still being investigated.
Women whose killings were reported by the media on 1 October 2018Neha Sharad Chaudhary, age 18, was killed in Malegaon, IndiaAn unnamed woman, age 31, was killed in Mashhad, IranLinda Miller, age 66, was killed in Indianapolis, United StatesAn unnamed girl, age 17, was killed in Alipur, IndiaJudith Chesang, age 22, was killed in Baringo, KenyaFarzana Bibi, age 22, was killed in Pakpattan, PakistanDina Mapelli, age 77, was killed in Vimercate, ItalySandra Lucia Hammer Moura, age 39, was killed in Palmas, BrazilJennifer Majn Males, age 24, was killed in Los Cmbulos, ColombiaAn unnamed woman, age 82, was killed in Dracsani, RomaniaYanet Nuez Niclouse, age 46, was killed in Rio Claro, ChileRitu Devi, age unknown, was killed in Neeli, IndiaAn unnamed woman, age 30, was killed in Amsterdam, NetherlandsAn unnamed girl, age 5, was killed in Amsterdam, NetherlandsAn unnamed woman, age 67, was killed in Amsterdam, NetherlandsKatty Mayorly Jcome Hernndez, age 34, was killed in Ccuta, ColombiaNiah, age unknown, was killed in Dumai, IndonesiaMarie-Amelie Vaillat, age 36, was killed in Oyonnax, FranceAn unnamed woman, age 85, was killed in Kawasaki, JapanVanessa Vicente da Silva, age 27, was killed in Serra Talhada, BrazilResti Nova Dila, age 20, was killed in South Solok, IndonesiaT.
Zh, age unknown, was killed in Asaka district, UzbekistanJustina Coelho Lopes, age 69, was killed in Bauru, BrazilGriselda Iria Osorio lvarez, age 21, was killed in Tijuana, MexicoEdineuza Costa Silva was killed in Quixeramobim, BrazilPaula Andrea Alvarez Morales, age 35, was killed in Ciudad Bolivar, ColombiaAn unnamed girl was killed in Tandlianwala, PakistanMaria Gladis Herrera de Damian, age 55, was killed in San Pedro Puxtla, El SalvadorTbata Amscoli de Paz Lpez, age 18, was killed in Guatemala City, GuatemalaBarbie Pigg, age 49, was killed in Middlesbrough, UKLeoncia Tupas, age 67, was killed in Quezon City, PhilippinesVilma Josefina Contreras, age 55, was killed in Huiziltepeque, El SalvadorAn unnamed woman was killed in Belem, BrazilAn unnamed woman, age 39, was killed in Campeche, MexicoEmily Punzalan Bucay, age 27, was killed in Quezon City, PhilippinesAn unnamed woman was killed in Tapachula, MexicoGabriela da Rosa Silva, age 18, was killed in Porto Alegre, BrazilAn unnamed woman was killed in Lahore, PakistanZeinab Sekaanvand, age 24, was killed in Urumieh, IranUnmar Sanam, age 50, was killed in Birmingham, UKRute Maria da Conceicao, age 36, was killed in Olinda, BrazilAvan Najmadeen, age 32, was killed in Stoke-on-Trent, UKKaren Groves, age 58, was killed in Indianapolis, United StatesDamaris Yoselin N, age 18, was killed in Acapulco, MexicoMilaine Ferreira de Oliveira, age 19, was killed in Minas Gerais, BrazilAn unnamed woman, age 61, was killed in Vanj district, TajikistanSupinah, age 48, was killed in Sekadau Hilir, IndonesiaHere are five of these cases, reported initially by local media and then verified by local authorities the TheIndianSubcontinent contacted.Image copyrightFamily handoutJudith Chesang, 22, KenyaOn Monday 1 October, Judith Chesang and her sister Nancy were out in the fields harvesting their sorghum crop.
Judith, a mother of three, had recently separated from her husband, Laban Kamuren, and had decided to return to her parents' village in the north of the country.
Soon after the sisters began their duties, he arrived at the family farm where he attacked and killed Judith.Local police say he has since been killed by villagers.Africa was where women ran the greatest risk of being killed by their intimate partner or family member, the UN report says.
It occurred at a rate of 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people.Asia had the greatest number of women killed by intimate partners or family members in 2017, with a total of 20,000.Image copyrightManohar ShewaleNeha Sharad Chaudury, 18, IndiaNeha Sharad Chaudury died in a suspected "honour" killing on her 18th birthday.
She had been out celebrating with her boyfriend.
Police confirmed to the TheIndianSubcontinent that her parents did not approve of the relationship.
Her parents and another male relative are accused of killing her in their home that evening.The investigation continues and the three remain in judicial custody awaiting trial.
The TheIndianSubcontinent has learned from the lawyer representing Neha's parents and her male relative that they intend to deny the charges.
Hundreds of people are killed each year for falling in love or marrying against their families' wishes.
Official data on so-called honour killings is hard to come by as such crimes are often unrecorded or unreported.Image copyrightPrivate via Amnesty InternationalZeinab Sekaanvan, 24, IranZeinab Sekaanvan was executed by the Iranian authorities for murdering her husband.
Zeinab was born in the north-west of Iran into a poor conservative family of Kurdish origin.
She ran away as a teenager to marry in the hope of finding a better life.Amnesty International says her husband was abusive and had refused to grant her a divorce, and that her complaints were ignored by police.She was arrested for the killing of her husband at the age of 17.Her supporters, including Amnesty, say she was tortured to confess to the killing of her husband, beaten by police and did not receive a fair trial.The UNODC report suggests women who kill intimate partners have often experienced "extended periods of suffering physical violence".Meanwhile, the motivations typically expressed by male perpetrators include "possessiveness, jealousy and fear of abandonment", the report says.
This appears to be the case with another long-term couple who were found dead in Brazil on the same day that Zeinab was executed.Image copyrightReproduction / FacebookSandra Lucia Hammer Moura, 39, BrazilSandra Lucia Hammer Moura married Augusto Aguiar Ribeiro at the age of 16.The couple had been separated for five months when she was killed by him.Police in Jardim Taquari confirmed to TheIndianSubcontinent Brasil that she was stabbed in the neck.
They found a video of her husband confessing to the crime on his mobile phone.
In it, he said that Sandra was already dating another man and he felt betrayed.
He also said in the video that he would not be arrested as the couple would go to the "glory of the Lord" together.
He then hanged himself in what had been their bedroom.
Sandra's case highlights a form of killing known as a "murder-suicide" - when an individual kills one or more people before killing themselves.
Image copyrightPHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/Photo Jean-Pierre BALFINMarie-Amlie Vaillat, 36, FranceMarie-Amlie was stabbed to death by her husband, Sbastien Vaillat.The couple had separated after four years of marriage.
He attacked her with a knife before confessing to the police.
A few days later, he killed himself in prison.Outside the door of Marie-Amlie Vaillat's lingerie shop on Rue Bichat, residents left a sea of flowers and organised a march in her memory.The killing of Marie-Amlie came on the same day that the French government announced new plans to tackle domestic abuse.Image copyrightPHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/Photo Jean-Pierre BALFINImage caption A march in memory of Marie-Amlie Vaillat What does it take for a woman's killing to be reportedTo collect these stories, TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring's international network of journalists and researchers analysed TV, radio, print, online and social media around the world, looking for reports of women killed, apparently for gender-related reasons, on 1 October 2018.
They found a total of 47 reports of women killed on that one day around the world.
We have shared just some of those cases.
There are many more where the motives were unclear, or the perpetrators unidentified.The new UNODC report suggests that a large share of violence against women is "widely underreported to authorities and that a large share of such violence is hidden".Rebecca Skippage, who led the project for TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring, found that behind the numbers, "the way in which the media reported their lives and deaths revealed a huge amount about how women are viewed by different societies around the world".
She explains: "We were looking for deaths within one day, but we searched for that day's stories for a month.
We found that the time-lag in reporting, the tone of the coverage or the scarcity of information often told a wider tale about the status of women in that region."Maryam Azwer works for TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring and drew much of the final data together."This is as much about the deaths that aren't reported, as those that are," she says."Those whose stories never reached the media, that went unreported, were unverified, or were not or could not be investigated.
It makes you wonder: what does it take to make a woman's killing important enough to be reported"Find out more about how TheIndianSubcontinent Monitoring carried out the research.
Help and advice If you, or someone you know, have been affected by domestic abuse or violence, these organisations in the UK may be able to help.Outside the UK, there are other organisations which provide advice and protection for people at risk of violence or abuse.
If you feel in danger, try to find out which local organisations can best advise and help you.All photographs subject to copyright Reporter: Krupa PadhyProducer: Georgina PearceResearch: TheIndianSubcontinent MonitoringData journalism: Christine Jeavans and Clara Guibourg.
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